A huge  THANK YOU  to everyone who was part of the Manaiakalani Community of Learning.   This afternoon the CoL teachers shared our i...

Over the year there has been a noticeable shift in the amount of dialogue each reading lesson presented. L earner engagement and agency inc...

Today I was invited, along with five of my CoL colleagues, to share my inquiry with the principals and leaders from the Manaiakalani Outr...

“What has happened as a result of the changes in teaching, and what are the implications for future teaching? At last week's CoL meetin...

Adrienne Dines ' phrase 'talk is the action of learning' really resonated with me as I saw this as another way I could encoura...

Last night the six of our Maniakalani CoL teachers presented an overview of their inquiries this year at the  Maniakalani  Boards Forum. Th...

This morning  +Karen Ferguson  from Tamaki College visited Learning Space 2 to observe a few of the ways we build connections to literacy i...

Today I visited Room 8 at Saint Patricks School to observe their in-school COL teacher,  Adrienne Dines . I thoroughly enjoyed meeting her s...

Today our CoL teachers took part in a poster session to showcase and talk about our inquiries at the Manaiakalani Hui . We have all ...

Yesterday I wrote a blog post about seizing an opportunity to film a learning conversation in action. Today I began by asking these le...

I am always looking for ways to continue to strengthen our learning conversations during Reading. As a teacher in an ILE I have observed th...

We were asked at the last CoL meeting to meet with our staff and encourage each person to s elect one Achievement Challenge that aligns...

Today during Reading I asked my learners how I would know they were actively participating in the learning. The unified response was,  ...

This week has been all about front loading so that my learners are able to begin forging connections to the content of our new learning. T...

Photo via Good Free Photos Today we began our journey into this terms reading challenges and I needed to get those cogs turning...

Last Thursday we met as a CoL group to share and reflect on our inquiries at the midway point. This shared check-in allowed us to talk ab...

When putting together learning opportunities for Term 3, I not only had to think how I could capture and maintain my learner's interest ...